Ledger roll



Jan. 30, 1951 P. J. SCHAFF 2,539,757

LEDGER ROLL Filed July 8, 1948 2 Sheefcs-Sheet l Patented Jan. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEDGER ROLL Preston J. Schafi, Tulsa, Dkla. Application July 8, 1948, Serial No. smcco This invention relates to a roller attachment for enlarged loose leaf accounting ledgers.

It is an object of this invention to provide a roller of the kind to be more particularly described hereinafter for attachment to large loose leaf ledgers for reducing to a minimum the physical strain required by an accountant or bookkeeper in handling wide ledgers, particularly while posting.

Another object of this invention is to provide for the more efficient handling of large ledgers having twenty or more columns by permitting the rolling of the ledger to a convenient or particularly prepared location to facilitate the handling While posting.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a roller for attachment to large loose leaf books which is particularly adapted to be securely mounted on the binding posts of the book used also to secure the loose leaves of the paper together in book form.

To the foregoing objects, and others which may hereinafter more fully appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a ledger having a roller constructed according to an embodiment of my invention attached to the back thereof.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end elevation.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detailed section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detailed longitudinal section of the roller showing the roller bearing and attaching plate in plan.

Figure 6 is an end elevation of the roller bearing and attaching plate.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary section taken on the line 11 of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a detailed section taken on the line 8-43 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a top plan view of a modified form of attaching plate; and

Figure 10 is an end elevation of the modified plate.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral Ill designates generally a conventional ledger having loose leaf sheets I I supported therein. The ledger 3 Claims. (c1. ice- 1) while posting.

Ni is of the type used in bookkeeping and sheets are provided with a large number of columns as 20 or more. I have provided a roller attachment i2. for attachment to the rear edge of the ledger ill to provide for the more efficient handling of the ledger in moving it over the disks or tables The ledger is provided with a. front and rear cover 2'5 and Iii respectively, connected together at the rear edge by pins as IT. One of the pins ll may be secured firmly into one of the covers, as the cover it, and loosely engages through the other cover as IS.

The sheets between the covers l5 and iii are provided with openings along one marginal edge thereof and the pins I l engage through these openings in the sheets for securing the sheets in the ledger. As these eldgers become very heavy when a large number of sheets are incorporated between the covers, the roller i2 may be attached to the pins :7 so that the ledger may be' easily rolled across the length of the table.

In the large size sheets I i a second opening as I8 is provided adjacent each of the openings l9 through which the pins H are engaged. The added opening I8 is formed in all of these large size sheets but it is seldom used as only a pair of pins i'l are used for securing the ledger together.

The roller !2 for attachment to the ledger I0 is formed of an elongated roller section 2!! which is supported between a pair of bearings 2! connected to the pins l1 between the sheets I I. The bearing members 2| are formed with a flat plate 22 having an opening 24 adjacent one edge thereof. A lug as 25 is fixed on one side of the plate 22 adj aoent the opening 2t therein so that a pair of sheets H will engage over one of the pins [1 and the lug 25 will engage as a guide member in the opening adjacent the pins.

An L-shaped bearing 26 is fixed on the outer edge of the plate 22. One arm of the bearing 26 is bifurcated as clearly shown in Figure 6 of the drawings and the arms 2'! of this end of the bearing engage on opposite sides of the plate 22. Each of the arms 2! are tapered downwardly toward their ends which are disposed within the confines of the area of the plate 22. The other arm as 28 0f the bearing 26 provides an axle for the roller member 20. A pair of plates 22' are required for supporting a roller 20 on the back of the journal. The plates .22 when used in pairs must each be formed opposite from the other in regard to the disposition of the bearing member 26, the plate 22 and the guide lug 25. Each of the pair of bearing members 26 is formed opposite from the other so that the axles 28 will confront each other being supported on the bearing members 26. The axles 28 engage within a bearing or inner sleeve 29 fixed in the roller 20.

In the use and operation of the roller l2 the ledger is opened by removing the removable covering l5 and approximately one-half of the number of sheets I carried by the ledger. A pair of bearings 2| are disposed on the pins I! which are fixed to the other cover as IS. The axles 28 of the pair of bearings are disposed in confronting relation to each other. The pins H of the ledger engage through the outermost of the pairs of openings in the marginal edge of the sheets I l. The plates 22 are engaged over the pins I! so that the pins engage through the openings 24 of the plate 22 and the lug 25 will engage in the other opening H! in the sheets for properly positioning the bearing 2|. While the bearings are loosely supported and before they are securely positioned in the ledger, the roller is mounted on the axles 28. The axles are engaged within the opposite ends of the sleeve 29 and the lugs may be then engaged in the openings adjacent the pins. The other sheets II of the ledger may be then put back in place on the pins I1 and the removable cover [5 supported in place and securely attached by the conventional fastening member on the pins [1.

In Figures 9 and 10 there is shown a preferred form of attaching plate 22a and axle 28a for supporting the roller 20. The attaching plate 22a is substantially rectangular in plan and is formed with a pair of openings 24a and 25a. The openings 24a and 25a are of different diameters or sizes for attachment to various sized pins I! of a ledger.

An axle 28a is fixed along one edge of the plate 22a. The axle 28a is formed of a cylindrical rod split along the length at one end thereof forming arms 21a which are adapted to be fixed to the plate 22a on opposite sides thereof by welding or other suitable fastening means. The attaching plate 22a is used and operated in substantially the same manner as the plate 22 described above, the axle 28a being spaced from the pins l1 and the back of the ledger when the plate 22a is attached to the ledger.

I claim:

1. In combination with a loose leaf book having spaced apart binding posts, a roller attachment comprising a pair of apertured plates engageable about the binding posts between loose leaf pages mounted thereon, an axle member on each of said plates extending rearwardly of said book, and a roller rotatably and slidably mounted upon said axle members and spaced from the back of said book.

2. In combination with a loose leaf ledger having a front cover, a rear cover, loose leaf pages between said covers and binding posts between said covers engaging through one of spaced pairs of marginal holes in said pages a roller attachment, comprising a pair of fiat plates formed with an opening therein engageable with said posts, a guide pin on each of said plates engaging in the other of said holes adjacent each post, an axle fixed on each of said plates extending rearwardly from the book, and a roller formed with an axial bore therethrough adapted to rotatably and slidably receive said axles.

3. In combination with a loose leaf ledger including binding posts and sheets on said posts having spaced apart pairs of holes, a ledger supporting roller comprising a pair of flat plates formed with an opening for positioning about the posts between the sheets, a guide member on each of said plates for engagement in the other of said holes in the sheets positioning said plates therebetween, a roller, and an axle on each of said plates rotatably and slidably engaging within said roller for rotatably mounting said roller spaced from the back of said ledger.

PRESTON J. SCHAFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,066,757 Rotzell July 8, 1913 1,105,306 Repelow July 28, 1914 1,403,076 Grant Jan. 10, 1922 1,825,360 McMillan Sept. 29, 1931 1,893,999 Masse Jan. 10, 1933 

